Exam 1: The Nature and Sources of Law

Time honored rules of the community are called the common law.

Uniform State Law generally is not applicable to business.

A new state law mandates that all employers must prohibit smoking on employer premises.The law further provides that any employer who allows an employee or a client/ customer to smoke on its premises is subject to a court order requiring the employer to enforce the law.Describe this statute in terms of all possible classification methods.

Administrative regulations generally do not have the force of a statute.

____ is a body of principles that establishes the structure of a government and the relationship of that government to the people.

Courts can create law.

Criminal laws:

Substantive law:

The right to privacy applies to protect you from unreasonable searches:

The United States Constitution provides that we have a right to be free from intrusions by others.

Civil laws define wrongs against society.

Law is:

Statutory law is created by:

Those uniform state laws that have been adopted by individual states were first written by Congress.

Administrative regulations are a type of law.

Individual rights guaranteed in the United States Constitution:

A constitution is a body of principles that establishes the structure of a government and the relationship of that government to the people who are governed.

Sheriff Jane desires to search your home.What law requires that the sheriff obtain a search warrant?

One advantage of our current legal system is that the growth of technology has not created many new laws.

The right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures conducted by the police is guaranteed by state statute.